Newsweek reports:
A new poll out of Arizona shows Trump-backed Republican Blake Masters losing to his Democratic opponent Mark Kelly by more than a dozen points thanks to an unexpected surge in the polls by a dark horse candidate following last week’s first—and likely only—debate in a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.
With less than one month until Election Day, Arizona pollster OH Predictive Insights on Tuesday projected Libertarian candidate Marc Victor to earn approximately 15 percent of the vote in November’s contest, a 9-point surge from its last poll of the race in September.
If accurate, Victor’s performance would eclipse the margin of victory Masters would likely need to overcome Kelly by several points. The poll, which has a 3.77 percent margin of error, shows Victor’s support likely coming from approximately half of the voters who are still undecided in the race.
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GOP’s chances at midterm victory threatened by dark horse Senate candidate https://t.co/uRPHicnFei
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 11, 2022
SCOOP: A new poll from Arizona-based OH Predictive Insights (Oct. 4-6; 674 LVs; +/3.77%) found a surprising result: a surge in support for Libertarian Marc Victor.
Kelly 46 (-1 from Sept.)
Masters 33 (-2)
Victor 15 (+9)
Undecided 6 (-6)https://t.co/JaKCneBOzj— Matt Holt (@mattholt33) October 11, 2022